Folding box.



. Patented 1an. 7, |902.

(lo Model.)

v UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ZAIDA B. VEBB, OF WHIPPANY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO WEBB FOLDING BOXCOMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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SPECIFICATION forming par?, Of Letters Patet NO. 690,496, dated January'7, 1902.

Application filed April 17, 1901. Serial No. 56i205. (No model.) n

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that LZAIDA B.WEBB,of Whip pany, Morris county, New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Boxes, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in folding boxes; and the object ofmy invention is to make a simple and cheap folding box which can be setup without the use of glue, which can be easily manipulated, so as toset it up for use and fold it out flat, and which when in position foruse has the'parts interlocked and fastened in a way to make the boxexceptionally secure.

To these ends my invention consists of a folding box, the constructionand arrangement of which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference refer tosimilar parts throughout both views.

Figure 1 is a detail of the box-blank, and Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof the open box.

The box has a rectangular bottom portion 10, which is formed between theparallel side score-lines 11 and the end score-lines 12, and the sidescore-lines are prolonged, so as to cross the side pieces 13, whichproject from opposite side edges of the ,box-bottom and separate thesaid side pieces fromthe aps 14 14, which are formed on the ends of theside pieces and which when the' side pieces are turned up perpendicularto the box-bottom are adapted to 'fold inward, engage each other, andassist in forming the box ends. One of the side pieces has alinger-notch 13a to facilitate grasping the top or coverwhen the box isto be opened. Y

The aps 14 14a have notches 15 to enable them to be interlocked at thebox ends, these notches being triangular incisions extendingapproximately half-way across the liaps, and the notches in the`iiaps 14are made in the upper or outer edge, while the notches in the flaps 14ttare made in the under or inner edge, and the iiaps 14 are cut awayslightly at the outer and upper corners, as shown at 16, so that the twosets of flaps may be more readily placed in engagement.- This scheme forlocking flaps together is not in itself new, and the opposed flapsareengaged by locking the notched part of one upon the notched part ofthe other, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

Projecting from the end edges of the boxbottom 10 are the end pieces 17,which are adapted to be turned up in forming the box ends, and each endpiece has at its free edge a flap 18, adapted to be turned up inwardlyinto the box to protect the contents thereof, and the flap forms anotherpurpose too-that of giving sufficient body to the box end to receive theparallel slots 20, which extend from the score-lines 12 outward in eachbox end.

The flaps 18 are separated from the'end pieces 17 by the score-lines 19,although it will be understood that wherever score lines are shown andreferred to it is because they are used as a convenience and not as aYnecessity.

By having the end pieces 17 extended into the flaps 18, so that4 theslots 2O may be appropriately placed, sufficient stock is provided toprevent the slots from tearing out, and, furthermore, the slots beinglong, enables them to readily receive the binding or locking flaps 1414a, as will be presently described.

The box has preferably a top or cover 21, of the kind usual to foldingboxes, this being separated from the side pieces 13 by a scoreline 22,and the cover or top, which is of the same size as the bottom 10, has aterminal flap 23, which is separated from the top or cover by ascore-line 24 and is adapted when the box is closed to be tucked downbetween the front side 13 of the box and the box con'- tents, the flapbeing further bound by the protective fiaps 18.

When the box is to beset up, the end pieces are turned up, with the aps18 sticking up comparatively straight, and the side pieces 13 are alsobrought up to a perpendicular position, While the iiaps 14 14 are turnedinward and their ends thrust through the slots 2O of the end pieces. Asthis is done the flaps 14 are brought underneath and the aps 15 closeddown upon them, so that the notched portionstl of the two flaps at eachend interlock, and thus the whole box is fastened firmly in place. Thisfastening is made still more secure when the flaps 18 are tucked inwardto cover the box-top, as this act abso- IOO lutely locks the ilaps 14,so that they can be displaced only by being torn ou t. Thus when thecover 2l is closed down and the flap 23 tucked in a package is formedwhich is not only very neat in appearance, but which is perfectlysecure.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that the box is of greatsimplicity, that it can be set up almost instantly, and that the box isWell adapted for any of the uses to which such articles vare put. Itwill befurther observed that the parallel slots 2O make in the box end astrap or keeper which covers and binds theinterlocked portions oftheflaps 14 14a.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-d- As an improved article of manufacture, afolding box comprising a bottom portion, end pieces projecting from twoedges of the bottom portion, said end pieces being provided withextension-naps adapted to fold inward as usual, keepers or straps formedon the end pieces and ilap by making slots, which slots extend from theend pieces up into the eX- tension-tlaps, side pieces on the tworemaining edges of the bottom, and end flaps projecting from the endportions of the side pieces, said flaps being notched and adapted to betucked through the slots in the end pieces and their extensions andengage with each other so that when engaged they Will be bound in placeby the aforesaid straps or keepers.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ZAIDA B. VEBB. Witnesses:

JACOB E. BROWN, WARREN B; HU'LCHINSONi

